Deland Starts Chapter Of Women's Exchange Board

A new organization for working women has come to DeLand. The DeLand chapter of Women's Exchange Board will hold its second meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at Pondo's Restaurant on Old New York Avenue.

Sylvia Fisher, restaurant owner, came up with the idea of starting a WEB chapter in DeLand after talking to several women who could not find a club that offered enough information and help for the career woman. The group held its first meeting last month and laid out plans for membership and ideas on how they wanted the club to grow.

WEB is not just a civic or social club for women -- it acts as a networking and referral service where information on jobs in all fields is available. As well as work-related information, the chapter will offer advice on laws and other issues that affect women. Fisher said she hoped the chapter would grow to have an umbrella effect, covering all events and information that women of DeLand need.

Membership is open to two women from every job field. During the year they hope to have each member speak on her career and how others can relate to it. At today's meeting DeLand Police Department investigator Martha Nibler will speak on ''Child Abuse'' and ''Women in the Law.'' After Nibler's speech, officers will be elected.

-- ''Footloose in Florida'' is the summer program the DeLand Public Library kicked off this month. The programs, for children 6 to 11, will be at 2 p.m. each Tuesday at the library. Children are to register at the desk in the main lobby for this program only. Jim Clark, weatherman from WESH-TV Channel 2 will give a program next week on weather forecasting. A special puppet show, ''Liza Lou and Yeller Belly Swamp,'' will be on June 25.

Children's movies will be shown at 3:30 p.m. Mondays with Spook Spoofing and The Story of Zackary Sween on Monday.

Toddler story time for children 18 months to 3 1/2 years is at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Children must be accompanied by a parent. Preschool story time is at 10 a.m. Wednesdays for children aged 3 to 6. While the children enjoy a story parents can hunt library books. Bedtime stories are told at 7 p.m. Wednesdays for children aged 3 to 9.

Special programs for students this summer include Dungeons and Dragons at 1 p.m. Saturdays with David Nabors. This is for students 12 and older with advance registration required. Students can sign up for July's session at the main desk. Basic speech presentation and debate is offered for teens who are interested in public speaking and debates. Nabors will hold this program from 6 to 9 p.m. each Monday in the library. June 26 will be Vietnam Wednesday as Vietnam veterans talk to teens at 6 p.m. Wednesday there will be a meeting of the library advisory board at 2:30 p.m.

While at the library, check out the foyer display ''Footloose in Florida,'' showing the whole summer program for children this year.

-- Children at St. Barnabas Episcopal School were busy the last few days of school. Between the food drive and the student essay contest, the school days flew by.

Members of the student council voted to have the student body collect food for fire victims in the Halifax area. Students turned food over to the Halifax Urban Ministries, which is assisting the fire victims. They also donated funds to aid wildlife rescue efforts after the fire.

Five students also won awards in the Daughters of the American Revolution's essay contest. Tara Braddock took a bronze medal with her essay ''Liberty Lover,'' and Shandris Brown, Kelly Roseborough, Lisa Jones and Sean Richter also received certificates for the essays they wrote.

More than $2,000 was raised for the school at a dinner party at Pondo's Restaurant.